Redemption to Redemption: Introduction
Why is it so important to celebrate
Purim in the month immediately before Pesach, even in a leap year?
A Mouthful
and Redemption
We may take our ability to speak for
granted, but, as we will see, it was and is central to the concept and reality
of redemption. Pesach: Chapter One from Redemption to Redemption
by Rabbi Pinchas Winston.
The Centrality Of Speech
Embodied in the concept of speech is
the entire purpose of man’s existence. Pesach: Chapter Two from Redemption
to Redemption by Rabbi Pinchas Winston.
http://program.ouradio.org/audio/winston/redemp_pass2.mp3
Adam
and The Donkey
As it turns out, the separation between
the Jewish people and the Egyptians has a primordial beginning, and matzah is
the link between the two. Pesach: Chapter Three from Redemption to
Redemption by Rabbi Pinchas Winston.
http://program.ouradio.org/audio/winston/redemp_pass3.mp3
Heavenly Bread and Amalek
... And the connection of the munn, the
miraculously Heavenly bread, to Haman. Purim: Chapter Four from Redemption
to Redemption by Rabbi Pinchas Winston.
http://program.ouradio.org/audio/winston/redemp_purim4.mp3
When Fifty and Speech Meet
Understanding better the centrality of
speech, we can now look at its connection to the Nun Sha’arei Binah—the Fifty
Gates of Understanding— and see how Pesach is the redemption that Purim leads
to. Pesach: Chapter Four from Redemption to Redemption by Rabbi Pinchas
Winston.
http://program.ouradio.org/audio/winston/redemp_pass4.mp3
Seventy and Da’as
The role of the number seventy and its
connection to Da’as is also an important key to unlocking the spiritual
potential of Purim. Purim: Chapter Five from Redemption to Redemption by
Rabbi Pinchas Winston.
Da’as Moshe
This was the level of intellectual clarity
that Moshe Rabbeinu achieved, which is why, incidentally, Bris Milah was such
an issue for him.Pesach: Chapter Five from Redemption to Redemption by
Rabbi Pinchas Winston.
Toward A More Perfect Vision
The “bottom line” is one’s vision, that
is, one’s ability to see not only with one’s physical eyes, but with the mind’s
eye as well. We see this from the story of Yosef and his brothers. Purim:
Chapter Six from Redemption to Redemption by Rabbi Pinchas Winston.
http://program.ouradio.org/audio/winston/redemp_purim6.mp3
Bris Milah: Covenant Of The Word
In fact, speech is so central to
completion of the human being and achieving godliness, that, the central
covenant of the Jewish people - Bris Milah is named for it. Pesach: Chapter Six
from Redemption to Redemption by Rabbi Pinchas Winston
http://program.ouradio.org/audio/winston/redemp_pass6.mp3
Twenty and Mishkan
The number twenty, it turns out,
represents an intellectual blindness, one which the Mishkan came to cure. Purim:
Chapter Seven from Redemption to Redemption by Rabbi Pinchas Winston.
http://program.ouradio.org/audio/winston/redemp_purim7.mp3
Avraham and Inspiration
Following this train of thought came
only to Avraham, and the zealousness with which he served G-d, which is the
measure of one’s devotion to the Creator and His plan for creation. Pesach:
Chapter Seven from Redemption to Redemption by Rabbi Pinchas Winston.
http://program.ouradio.org/audio/winston/redemp_pass7.mp3
The Inside Story
Having understood all of this, it is
now possible to see how the day of Purim, and its various mitzvos, act as a
spiritual springboard to the freedom of Da’as. Purim: Chapter Eight from Redemption
to Redemption by Rabbi Pinchas Winston.
http://program.ouradio.org/audio/winston/redemp_purim8.mp3
B’Yad Ramah
This realization is what elevates a
person out of the everyday mundane reality, into the realm of the supernatural,
and empowers a person to become a partner with G-d in his own self-completion
and perfection of the world. Pesach: Chapter Eight from Redemption to
Redemption by Rabbi Pinchas Winston.
The Rite Of Passage
Redemption, Part One is complete, and it provides the bridge over which to cross over into the ultimate redemption of Pesach. Purim: Chapter Nine from Redemption to Redemption by Rabbi Pinchas Winston.
Seder Night and The Haggadah
How the Seder puts all of this into
practice, and activates the proper "switches" to bring the Holy Light
to us. Pesach: Chapter Nine from Redemption to Redemption by Rabbi
Pinchas Winston.
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